if i was a famous artist i would have painted .....

i recently took part in an art journaling challenge organised by Debs Mitchell in the MIXED MEDIA ART JOURNAL group ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/113744112134449/mixed media art journal

this month's prompt challenge (sponsored by http://www.barjanbcrafts.co.uk/index.asp or you can also
see there blog here http://craftbarjan.blogspot.co.uk/) is " If I was a Famous Artist... I would have Painted"


i have chosen the style of cecily mary barker and here is a photo of my entry

materials used ..  lilac paper soft colour dye

                          emerald soft colour dye

                          flower and butterfly stickers K&co

                          cecily mary barker fairy is a paper scrap from a decoupage kit

                          fairys were from a stencil and coloured in using oil pastel sticks

funny sheep story :)

i am currently joining in with @bernice hopper's 12 months to a view journalling prompt challenges.

for more info on how the challenges work please visit ..... http://12monthsinview.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/introducing-spring.html

this is my lamb page ...  the challenge was to use a collage of words associated with spring and a photo
of a lamb / sheep

i took the photos of the lambs at a farm cottage during a holiday we stayed at in north wales.  here is the original photo ...

and now for a funny story .... on our way home we decided to take the scenic route through the horseshoe pass.  we stopped by the gift shop which also has a posh cafe, well we then got stalked by a sheep !! 

she took a fancy to my boyfriend, mind you he did have food in his hands at the time!!, and then she started following me around

as you see from the photos she came right up to us to say hello !! ... and now for the extra funny bit
we went into the gift shop having a wonder around, and a couple who had seen what had happened with the sheep said to us "is your sheep following you"  ... and i was standing in the shop horrified that the sheep was there by me !!! it was so funny.

a-z of me ... shaving foam technique

i have been very naughty and been neglecting to update my blog

i recently joined in with the "an a-z of me" journal prompt challenges with @bernice hopper and i have
throughly enjoyed learning new art journaling techniques

this one was particularly fun but very messy ....

SHAVING FOAM AND ACRYLIC PAINTS


STEP 1) bought a cheap tin of shaving foam and squirted it into a small tray





STEP TWO)  i then splodged some acrylic paints onto the shaving foam

STEP THREE) using a barbeque skewer i dragged the paint into lines and swirls, then placed a piece of
of card on top


STEP FOUR) this is how it looked when the first one came out of the tray before wiping away the excess foam

STEP FIVE) the photos a little blurry, but i was thrilled with how this technique turned out and so as not to waste the paint or foam i got a little carried away .....

celebrating with words of me project

i have challenged myself to write about how much the words of me project means to me, in celebration of leslie jackson ackman writing her 600th blog

http://wordsofmeproject.blogspot.com/

http://wordsofmeproject.blogspot.com/2012/12/600th-post-party-give-away.html

i have been following and using word prompts set by Leslie Jackson Ackman for a while now, i am really inspired by her art work.  i have also really look forward to reading her blogs ^links^ ^up^ at top of page (hope they work !!)

the group that leslie runs https://www.facebook.com/groups/311556705573998/mind.body.soul-art journaling gives me so much encouragement, help and support which i really do appreciate and i admire
lelie's hard work and inspiration that she shares with us.

leslie's words have helped me spiritually, encouraged me to grow, and explore new techniques in my art work, so all that is left to say now is .....

after much persuasion i am going to be entering into a blog challenge !!!

i bought this love photo frame from the booty for £1 and it was crying out to be
altered ....

decorated in a vintage style using old buttons on the l, the o was decorated with
antique rose embellishment stickers, frabric remnant and sticky backed ribbon.
  on the v i have added a bit of bling flat backed gems, and the e i used sticky
backed lace and cream fabric hearts.

Altered Art Bottles

Since  my last blog, the first bottle has now got two friends !!

I am really enjoying decorating these old style bottles and here is what i am working on at the moment ....

in this photo i have created the bottle wrap label 

Close up photo shot of decorative label

Back view of bottle where i have added embellishments to highlight the pattern in the paper i used :)

Altered Art

I recently found myself a different outlet for my craftyness and have been enjoying decorating pages in an art journal ... which i will add to my blog soon.

i stumbled across a photo that i really liked and thought i can do that ....

so here is my interpretation of a vintage style altered bottle (i found the old bottles
at the car booty 3 for £1 !!)

stage one .. washed bottle then stuck stripey green scrap booking paper to the bottle with pva glue

stage two .. i then added sticky backed lace trimming and applied green tissue paper with pva glue

stage three ... i made my own bottle label by using an epoxy bubble frame stuck this onto a sentiment sheet
then added some more of the lace trimming, dangled the fabric flower over the neck of the
bottle with ribbon and a cream pearl threaded over a knot for extra detail.  this was secured into place with 3d foam pads, i also tied a raffia bow for the neck of the bottle and secured with pva glue.

stage four ... finally i used silicone glue to create a flower center piece using miniture artifical flowers